document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1130795>Question 1130795</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Use two equations in two variables to solve the application. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "At a store, ice cream cones cost $1.90 and sundaes cost $2.65. One day, the receipts for a total of 142 cones and sundaes were $312.55. How many cones were sold? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "ice cream cones: i<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sundaes: s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "i + s = 142 therefore i = 142 - s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.90i + 2.65s = 312.55<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.90(142-s) + 2.65s = 312.55<BR>\n" );
document.write( "269.80 - 1.90s + 2.65s = 312.55 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.75s = 42.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 57<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A total of 57 sundaes were sold<BR>\n" );
document.write( "And 142-57 = 85 cones<BR>\n" );
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